Poultry is important for many poor smallholders, but infectious diseases, such as Newcastle disease, can drastically reduce the poultry population in a village and affects the food security and the livelihood of many farmers. Newcastle disease vaccination can reduce the spread of disease, but may...
Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Wyatt, A.
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Young, J.
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Young, M.
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Alders, Robyn G.
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Bagnol, B.
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Msyoki, D.
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Alonso, Silvia
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Grace, Delia
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[Vaccination as a way forward? A case study on how a poultry vaccination intervention influences poultry keeping in Kenya]
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Vaccination as a way forward? A case study on how a poultry vaccination intervention influences poultry keeping in Kenya
Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Young, J.
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Young, M.
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Alders, Robyn G.
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Bagnol, B.
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Wyatt, A.
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Kibaya, A.
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Grace, Delia
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[What are the effects of a supportive animal vaccine delivery system?]
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What are the effects of a supportive animal vaccine delivery system?
This working paper presents an analysis of actors, events and influences affecting a policy change on urban agriculture in Kampala. It reviews the policy and institutional changes related to urban agriculture that occurred in Kampala from 1990 to 2006, and examines how and why they came about. Th...
Hooton, N.
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Lee-Smith, D.
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Nasinyama, G.
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Romney, D.L.
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Atukunda, G.
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Azuba, M.
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Kaweesa, M.
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Lubowa, A.
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Muwanga, J.
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Njenga, M.
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Young, J.
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[Championing urban farmers in Kampala. Influences on local policy change in Uganda. Process and partnership for pro-poor policy change]
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Championing urban farmers in Kampala. Influences on local policy change in Uganda. Process and partnership for pro-poor policy change
Leksmono, C.
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Young, J.
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Hooton, N.
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Muriuki, H.
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Romney, D.L.
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[Informal traders lock horns with the formal milk industry: the role of research in pro-poor dairy policy shift in Kenya]
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Informal traders lock horns with the formal milk industry: the role of research in pro-poor dairy policy shift in Kenya
Morzaria, S.P.
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Musoke, A.J.
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Young, J.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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[The biology of Theileria parva and its importance in the development of a novel vaccine]
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The biology of Theileria parva and its importance in the development of a novel vaccine
Young, J.
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Bird, N.
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[Informing REDD+ policy: an assessment of CIFOR's Global Comparative Study]
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Informing REDD+ policy: an assessment of CIFOR's Global Comparative Study
We quantified the between-village transmission rate, β (the rate of transmission of H5N1 HPAI virus per effective contact), and the reproductive number, Re (the average number of outbreaks caused by one infectious village during its entire infectious period), of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influ...
Bett, Bernard K.
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Henning, J.
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Abdu, P.
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Okike, I.
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Poole, Elizabeth J.
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Young, J.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Perry, Brian D.
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[Transmission rate and reproductive number of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus during the December 2005-July 2008 epidemic in Nigeria]
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Transmission rate and reproductive number of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus during the December 2005-July 2008 epidemic in Nigeria
Young, J.
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Grace, Delia
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Young, M.
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Alders, Robyn G.
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Kibaya, A.
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Msami, H.
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Bagnol, B.
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Wyatt, A.
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[Could farmers have a greater role in poultry disease surveillance? Assessing knowledge and incentives for reporting]
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Could farmers have a greater role in poultry disease surveillance? Assessing knowledge and incentives for reporting
Newcastle disease (ND) is a major constraint to village chicken production in Africa. In endemic areas up
to 50-100% of the village flock is lost annually. Women poultry-keepers lose assets, income and ability to
feed their families. Vaccines are highly effective, yet use in villages is low and l...
Young, J.
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Grace, Delia
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Young, M.
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Alders, Robyn G.
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Kibaya, A.
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Msami, H.
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Bagnol, B.
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[Newcastle disease vaccination: From technology to poverty reduction]
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Newcastle disease vaccination: From technology to poverty reduction
Poultry are important for many poor households in developing countries, but there are many constraints to poultry production, including disease. One of the most important diseases of chickens is Newcastle disease (ND). Even though there are effective vaccines against this disease available in mos...
Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Young, J.
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Wyatt, A.
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Young, M.
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Alders, Robyn G.
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Bagnol, B.
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Kibaya, A.
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Grace, Delia
,
[Do vaccination interventions have effects? A study on how poultry vaccination interventions change smallholder farmer knowledge, attitudes, and practice in villages in Kenya and Tanzania]
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Do vaccination interventions have effects? A study on how poultry vaccination interventions change smallholder farmer knowledge, attitudes, and practice in villages in Kenya and Tanzania